Ear ornament



' March 9, 1943; I

o. F. PLAcco 2,313,668

EAR ORNAMENT Filed Jan. 17, 1942 INVENTOR Oscar/ 7f ac'aa ATTORNEYS tialiy line H of Fig. 3.

M. the shoe shown in section.

Patented Mar. 9, 1943 EAR ORNAMENT Oscar F. Placco, Cranston, R. L, assignor to Colin 8: ltosenberger, Inc., a corporation of Rhode' Island Application January 17, 1942, Serial No. 427,142

2 Claims.

This invention relates to an ear ornament of the type which is removabiy placed upon the ear V provided and it is the portion which engages the ear to which this invention is particularly related.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide an ear engaging part which will adjust itself to the surface of the ear which it engages 'so as to distribute the pressure of the jaw on the ear over the surface, spreading the pressure to a considerable extent.

Another object of the invention is to mount this ear engaging portion so that it may freely rock relative to the member which carries it for accommodating itself to the-ear which is enzed.v

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing? Fig. 1 is aside elevation of-an ear ornament equipped with this invention.

Fig. 2 illustrates the same ornament with'the jaws moved to open position.

dinally of the jaw on which it is mounted, and I have so mounted this shoe as to leave the jaw end exposed for engagement by the finger, providing a more accessible finger piece,-so that the shoe itself need not be engaged in pulling the jaw to open position.

With reference to the drawing, my ear ornament consists of a fixed jaw l0 and a movable jaw member II which are hingedly related as at l2 so that the jaw member Il may swing about this hinged connection to move toward the jaw I 0. Some. resilient means such as a spring I;

. clamped as at It to the jaw member ll acts to move the jaw II about the hinged connection Fig. 3 is a section through the rockatle shoe as mounted upon one or the jaws.

Fig. 4 is a view looking at Fig. 3 on substanv Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 with the head of the stud removed and the stud for mounting Fig. 6 is a section on line 8-8 of Fig. ,5 of the shoe alone.

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of an ear ornament having a modified clamping portion.

after a certain dead center position is' passed so that this jaw member will be resiliently urged toward the jaw l0. r

In some instances the fixed jaw Ill as shown in Fig. '7 has a spaced portion I5 providing a threaded bearing l6 for the member I! having a handle portion l8 so that the end of this member may be moved toward or away from the jaw ill by rotation of the threaded member l'l.

Either the jaw member II or the threaded member l'l may have mounted thereon. ashoe designated generally 20. The shoe is generally elliptical in shape or of a dimension longer in one direction than in the other and will provide a substantial curved surface for engaging the ear to bind it between this shoe and a rounded surface 2| provided on the jaw It). This shoe is provided with a deflected cupped portion 22 centrally thereof. the bottom of which is pierced with a square opening'23 for mounting the same.

The end of the threaded member ll is provided with a. square stud 24 while the end 25 carried by the jaw I I is also provided with a square portion 28 for fitting through the square opening 2! after which this stud is headed 'over asat 21 with Fig. 8 is a section of the shoe, and'showing 'vided an elongated shoe and rockably mounted it about both its major and minor axes with the this head located in the recess or cup 22 so as to be positioned back'of the major curved engaging-surface of the shoe designated generally. 28, whereby the head of the stud will not come in contact with the ear. The rectangular stud 24 or 25 is so related to the opening 23 as to provide a substantial looseness of fit whereby the shoe may rock either about its minor lateral axis or about its major longitudinal axis, relative to either the screw member II or the jaw member H upon which it is mounted.

In locating the stud 25 on the jaw member. I mount this on the curved portion 29 of this jaw at a location substantially distant from the tip end 20 thereof so as to leave a portion or handle" longitudinal axis of the shoe extending longitu- 3| (see Fig. 1) readily accessible toithe linear for engagement therewith and swinging the jaw about its hinge in moving it from its engaging position on the ear to an open position such as shown in Fig. 2 for removal from the rear.

By providing a loose rocking movement of the shoe which engages this ear, the shoe may conform nicely to the surface which it engages and spread the pressure exerted upon the jaw throughout a substantial area, rather than localizing it at one place on the ear.

I claim:

1. In' an ear ornament, a fixed jaw having a rounded surface for engaging one side of the lobe of the ear, a movable jaw provided with a square stud, an elliptical shape shoe having a longitudinally and laterally extending convexed surface for engaging the other side of the lobe of the ear and a cupped recess-provided with a square opening extending through the bottom wall thereof of a size to loosely fit said stud and rockably mount the shoe thereon, the end of said 20 each other.

stud being upset in said recess and extending short of the outer edge thereof, said shoe being mounted on said movable jaw inwardly of the free end thereof a distance sufllcient to provide 5 a handle portion on said movable jaw for move- 10 thereto and having a square stud extending therefrom, and a shoe having a longitudinally and laterally extending convexed surface for engaging the other side of the lobe of the ear and a recess provided with a square opening therein 15 loosely receiving said stud for rockably mounting said shoe on said jaw member, said stud being on said jaw at a location inward from its free end a distance suflicie'nt to leave the jaw end as a handle portion for movement of the jaws from OSCAR F. PLACCO. 

